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5 unusual facts about East Tyrol


East Tyrol

While Tyrol was lost to the Austrian House of Habsburg in 1363, the Gorizian counts retained Lienz until the extinction of the line in 1500.

Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg finally incorporated it into Austrian Tyrol.

It is congruent with the administrative district (Bezirk) of Lienz.

Virgil von Graben

Virgil von Graben (15th century — 1507) was an Austrian noble and knight, who was stadtholder of Lienz and East Tyrol and Regent (captain) and stadtholder of Görz.

Wolfgang Mair

Born in East Tyrol, the diminutive Mair started his professional career at FC Tirol Innsbruck and stayed with them for 7 years, besides one season in between at SV Pasching.


Carnic and Gailtal Alps

The main ridge of the Carnic Alps forms the Austrian-Italian border and stretches from prominent Mt. Helm near Sexten at the tripoint of East Tyrol, South Tyrol and Veneto to the Canal Valley at Tarvisio in the east.

Zu Mantua in Banden

Zu Mantua in Banden (also known as the Andreas-Hofer-Lied) is one of the most popular folk songs and, since 1948, the official anthem of the current Austrian State of Tyrol, i.e. the Northern and Eastern part of the former County of Tyrol.


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